| Title: | NEW VERSION OF ABI QUOTA QUERY |
|---|---|
| Date: | 2000-11-15 |
| To: | abi |
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THIS MESSAGE IS PRIMARILY OF INTEREST TO ABI SOFTWARE PROVIDERS AND
SELF PROGRAMMED FILERS.
ON OCTOBER 6, 2000, ACS IMPLEMENTED THE CONVERTED MQ VERSION OF THE
ABI QUOTA QUERY (INPUT APPLICATION IDENTIFIER = UI, OUTPUT APPLICATION
IDENTIFIER = UR.) THE ONLY CHANGES INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE
NEW VERSION WERE THOSE NECESSARY TO ENABLE THE APPLICATION FOR MQ
PROCESSING. WE WERE IMMEDIATELY INFORMED THAT THE OLD AND NEW VERSIONS
USE DIFFERENT EBCDIC CHARACTERS TO PAD TRAILING SPACE FILL FIELDS.
THE NEW VERSION PADS THE OUTPUT RECORDS WITH SPACES (HEX 40), WHILE
THE PREVIOUS VERSION USES 'LOW VALUES' (HEX 00).
THOUGH THE CUSTOMS AND TRADE INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT (CATAIR)
CLEARLY INDICATES THAT THE RECORDS SHOULD BE PADDED WITH SPACES, IT
MUST BE ASSUMED THAT ABI SOFTWARE PROVIDERS HAVE PROGRAMMED TO ACCEPT
APPLICATION UR OUTPUT RECORDS CONTAINING LOW VALUES. FOR THAT REASON
THE NEW VERSION OF THE QUOTA QUERY WAS BACKED OUT ON OCTOBER 6, AND
THE OLDER VERSION RESTORED.
TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS PROVIDED IN THE CATAIR, ACS
INTENDS TO REIMPLEMENT THE NEW QUOTA QUERY LEAVING INTACT THE CHANGE
THE CAUSES THE OUTPUT RECORDS TO BE PADDED WITH SPACES.
REIMPLEMENTATION WILL BE NO SOONER THAN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS
NOTICE, BUT IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR VERY SOON THEREAFTER. ABI SOFTWARE
PROVIDERS WHOSE QUOTA QUERY PROGRAMMING WILL NOT ACCEPT OUTPUT RECORDS
PADDED WITH SPACES ARE URGED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CHANGE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MESSAGE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR
ASSIGNED CLIENT REPRESENTATIVE.